,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,vindman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,moylan7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,permanent   
,select ,committee on ,intelligence  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,central ,intelligence ,agency to      
submit to ,congress an intelligence     
assessment on the ,sinaloa ,cartel and  
the ,jalisco ,cartel1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transnational      
,fentanyl ,prevention ,act4  #b4        
,central intelligence agency            
intelligence assessment of ,sinaloa     
cartel and ,jalisco cartel  7a7         
,assessment ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of the ,central     
,intelligence ,agency1 in consultation  
with the heads of the other elements of 
the intelligence community 7as such term
 is defined in section #c of the        

,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc77 that the ,director    
determines appropriate1 shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of ,congress 
an intelligence assessment on the       
transnational criminal organizations    
known as the ,sinaloa ,cartel and the   
,jalisco ,cartel4  7b7 ,elements ,the   
intelligence assessment under subsection
 7a7 shall include1 with respect to each
 transnational criminal organization    
specified in such subsection1 a         
description of the following3 7#a7 ,the 
key leaders1 organizational structure1  
subgroups1 presence in the states within
 ,mexico1 and cross-border illicit drug 
smuggling routes of the transnational   
criminal organization4  7#b7 ,the       
practices used by the transnational     
criminal organization to import the     
chemicals used to make synthetic drugs1 
to produce such drugs1 and to smuggle   
such drugs across the border into the   
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,the main        
suppliers and the main brokers that     

supply the transnational criminal       
organization with precursor chemicals   
and equipment used in the production of 
synthetic drugs4  7#d7 ,the manner in   
which the transnational criminal        
organization is tailoring the fentanyl  
products of such organization to attract
 a wider variety of ,united ,states     
consumers1 including unwitting users4   
7#e7 ,the degree to which the           
transnational criminal organization is  
using human and technical operations to 
undermine counternarcotics efforts by   
,united ,states and ,mexican security   
services4  7#f7 ,an estimate of the     
annual revenue received by the          
transnational criminal organization from
 the sale of illicit drugs1             
disaggregated by drug type4  7#g7 ,any  
other information the ,director of the  
,central ,intelligence ,agency          
determines relevant4  7c7 ,form ,the    
intelligence assessment under subsection
 7a7 may be submitted in classified     
form4  7d7 ,appropriate committees of   

,congress defined ,in this section1 the 
term appropriate committees of ,congress
 means--  7#a7 the congressional defense
 committees 7as such term is defined in 
section #aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code72  7#b7 the       
congressional intelligence committees   
7as such term is defined in section #c  
of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg
 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc772  7#c7 the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs1 the ,committee  
on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban       
,affairs1 and the ,committee on         
,appropriations of the ,senate2 and     
7#d7 the ,committee on ,foreign         
,affairs1 the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security1 and the ,committee on        
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives4